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Cathrine Ebbing er spesialist i fødselshjelp og kvinnesykdommer, overlege ved Kvinneklinikken, Haukeland universitetssjukehus og professor ved Klinisk institutt 2 ved Universitetet i Bergen.
Articles by Cathrine Ebbing
Modern obstetrics – a balancing act
- Cathrine Ebbing
22.05.2025:
Women's participation in decision-making during childbirth is important. But sometimes it leads to more medical interventions. The study from the University Hospital of North Norway published in this edition of the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association highlights important issues in modern...
New treatment for alloimmunisation in pregnancy
- Cathrine Ebbing,
- Kjell Åsmund Blix Salvesen,
- Vasilis Sitras,
- Heidi Tiller
16.01.2025:
The introduction of blood type screening followed by anti-D prophylaxis is a success story in perinatology. New treatment principles are now being developed for alloimmunisation in pregnancy. Haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn was once a major contributor to perinatal morbidity and...
The routine prenatal ultrasound scan should be more comprehensive
- Ine Hildershavn Moen,
- Synnøve Lian Johnsen,
- Henriette Odland Karlsen,
- Anne Martha Stokke,
- Svein Rasmussen,
- Cathrine Ebbing
19.03.2024:
A well-functioning placenta and umbilical cord are essential for a normal pregnancy. However, there is little focus on these organs in prenatal care. Ultrasound examinations are important constituents of prenatal care and have strong popular support. In Norway, fetal ultrasound and Doppler...
Are pregnant women and unborn children being forgotten in the pandemic?
- Cathrine Ebbing,
- Mette Brekke
07.02.2022:
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a biopsychosocial health risk to pregnant women, women in labour and infants throughout the world. COVID-19 is affecting pregnant women, women in labour and infants to a greater extent than we thought. In addition to the risk of serious maternal illnesses, there is also...
Medical education and training during a pandemic
- Mette Brekke,
- Cathrine Ebbing,
- Torben Wisborg
05.08.2021:
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned medical education and training into lonely online studies. How can we ensure that the medical students still become fully fledged doctors? At this time, new cohorts of medical students are starting their studies here in Norway and abroad. We have put behind us a...
An immunocompromised woman in her twenties with abdominal pain and vaginal discharge
- Sedina Atic Kvalvik,
- Ingerid Skarstein,
- Anne Veddeng,
- Hilde Løland von Volkmann,
- Torleiv Kvalvik,
- Øivind Fredvik Grytten Torkildsen,
- Cathrine Ebbing
09.11.2020:
Abdominal pain and excessive vaginal discharge are common reasons why women of reproductive age present to the primary healthcare service or gynaecological outpatient clinics. The symptoms are often caused by sexually transmitted infections that are easily diagnosed and treated. In some...
Pregnant woman with polyhydramnios and fetus with small intestinal atresia
- Karin Collett,
- Synnøve Lian Johnsen,
- Jørg Kessler,
- Hallvard Reigstad,
- Cecilie Askeland,
- Cathrine Ebbing
18.09.2017:
A healthy pregnant woman was monitored during pregnancy owing to polyhydramnios and suspected small intestinal atresia. In week 31 she attended the maternity unit with contractions and bloody discharge. There turned out to be a serious umbilical cord complication. A woman in her thirties had given...